Assignment: Health Care Ethics & Medical Law
Core Measures
Read the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005, and review the information on the Measures web page of The Joint Commission website. Pick one of the core measures from the list on the right-hand side of this web page. For this assignment, create a PowerPoint presentation in which you explain how a hospital would typically put policies and procedures into place to ensure that it is following your selected core measure.
In your presentation,
• Describe the core measure you chose.
• Analyze how your hospital will follow the requirements in the chosen core measure.
• Examine the penalties that will occur if this policy/procedure is not followed.
You are basically creating the policy/procedure and presenting it on the PowerPoint as if you were presenting to an audience.
Create a PowerPoint presentation using the guidelines below. Your presentation must utilize at least two scholarly sources from the last five to seven years, in addition to the textbook, that contain research regarding how your policy and/or procedure would be put into place in a hospital setting.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.